Box

Museum number:
2-3865a,b
Permalink:
ark:/21549/hm21023865a@2cb
Alternate number:
11 (original number)
Accession number:
Acc.167
Description:
Wooden paint or harpoon box representing seal. Painted red and black. Inset with red, white and blue seed glass beads. Cover fitted into back. Storage of paint and projectile points (multipurpose box).
Donor:
Alaska Commercial Company, Benjamin Bristol, and Older University Collections
Collection place:
Pastolik, Wade Hampton Borough, Alaska
Verbatim coll. place:
Alaska; Pastolik
Culture or time period:
Alaskan Eskimo
Collector:
Rudolph Neumann
Collection date:
1898
Materials:
Glass (material)
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Boxes (containers)
Function:
1.1 Hunting and Fishing
Accession date:
1904
Context of use:
Storage of paint materials and projectile points (multipurpose box).
Department:
Native US and Canada (except California)
Dimensions:
length 28.2 centimeters and width 6.8 centimeters
Comment:
Second Orig. No.: Neumann 29.
Loans:
S1961-1962 #78: Sather Gate Book Shop (May 21, 1962–June 5, 1962)
Images:
Hearst Museum object 1 of 3 titled Box, accession number 2-3865a,b, described as Wooden paint or harpoon box representing seal. Painted red and black. Inset with red, white and blue seed glass beads. Cover fitted into back. Storage of paint and projectile points (multipurpose box).Hearst Museum object 2 of 3 titled Box, accession number 2-3865a,b, described as Wooden paint or harpoon box representing seal. Painted red and black. Inset with red, white and blue seed glass beads. Cover fitted into back. Storage of paint and projectile points (multipurpose box).Hearst Museum object 3 of 3 titled Box, accession number 2-3865a,b, described as Wooden paint or harpoon box representing seal. Painted red and black. Inset with red, white and blue seed glass beads. Cover fitted into back. Storage of paint and projectile points (multipurpose box).
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Box, accession number 2-3865a,b, described as Wooden paint or harpoon box representing seal. Painted red and black. Inset with red, white and blue seed glass beads. Cover fitted into back. Storage of paint and projectile points (multipurpose box).Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Box, accession number 2-3865a,b, described as Wooden paint or harpoon box representing seal. Painted red and black. Inset with red, white and blue seed glass beads. Cover fitted into back. Storage of paint and projectile points (multipurpose box).Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Box, accession number 2-3865a,b, described as Wooden paint or harpoon box representing seal. Painted red and black. Inset with red, white and blue seed glass beads. Cover fitted into back. Storage of paint and projectile points (multipurpose box).

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